#174D5C#174D5C

#174D5C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.060 H 220.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174D5C
RGB	rgb(23, 77, 92)
HSL	hsl(193, 60%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(193, 75%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 16.3%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.06, -11.98, -13.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.06, 18.37, 229.30°)
OKLab	oklab(39.23% -0.0463 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(39.23% 0.06 220)
XYZ	xyz(4.9382, 6.2621, 11.0716)
Luminance	0.0626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174D5C #5C2617

analogous

#175C48 #174D5C #172B5C

triadic

#174D5C #5C174D #4D5C17

tetradic

#174D5C #48175C #5C2617 #2B5C17

square

#174D5C #48175C #5C2617 #2B5C17

split-complementary

#174D5C #5C172B #5C4817

monochromatic

#061418 #0B242B #174D5C #23768D #2F9FBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.32

#174D5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#174D5C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174D5C

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174D5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174D5C	1.00	9.32	2.25	9.32
#FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444B5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A445C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005252

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174d5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 77, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.060 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f7f8a',
    500: '#174d5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174d5c;
$custom-light: #5f7f8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174d5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.043,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39227,
    "c": 0.06045,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.06263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174D5C

secondary

#934F3C

accent

#6745E3

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#050A0B

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #174D5C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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